"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela

Unit 2: Russia and the former Soviet Republics

In this unit on Russia and the former Soviet republics, students will learn about the end of Czarist rule and the Russian Revolution which established the Soviet state known as the USSR. In addition, students will study Communist rule in Russia post WWII up to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Finally, students will study the current issues faced by Russia's political and economic systems.